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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 1 Descriptions of measurements

From: The effect of orthognathic surgery on the lip lines while smiling in skeletal class III patients with facial asymmetry

Name

Descriptions

Point A (mm)

Distance to point A from the coronal plane

Point B (mm)

Distance to point B from the coronal plane

Menton deviation (mm)

Distance to the menton point from the midsagittal plane

Lateral intercanthus (mm)

Distance between the right lateral canthus point and left lateral canthus point

Right canine (mm)

Distance to the right canine cusp from the intercanthus horizontal plane

Left canine (mm)

Distance to the left canine cusp from the intercanthus horizontal plane

Right molar (mm)

Distance to the right first molar alveolar bone from the intercanthus horizontal plane

Left molar (mm)

Distance to the left first molar alveolar bone from the intercanthus horizontal plane

Right mouth corner (mm)

Distance to the right mouth commissure from the intercanthus horizontal plane

Left mouth corner (mm)

Distance to the left mouth commissure from the intercanthus horizontal plane

Molar canting (mm)

Absolute value of the height difference between the right first molar point and left first molar point

Canine canting (mm)

Absolute value of the height difference between the right canine point and left canine point

Mouth corner canting (mm)

Absolute value of the height difference between the right mouth corner and left mouth corner

Canine line (°)

Absolute value of the angle between the line connecting both canines and the intercanthus horizontal plane

Molar line (°)

Absolute value of the angle between the line connecting both first molars and the intercanthus horizontal plane

Mouth corner line (°)

Absolute value of the angle between the line connecting both mouth corners and the intercanthus horizontal plane

Smiling right mouth corner (mm)

Distance to the right mouth commissure from the intercanthus horizontal plane, when smiling

Smiling left mouth corner (mm)

Distance to the left mouth commissure from the intercanthus horizontal plane, when smiling

Smiling mouth corner canting (mm)

Absolute value of the height difference between the right mouth corner and left mouth corner, when smiling

Smiling mouth corner line (°)

Absolute value of the angle between the line connecting both mouth corners and the intercanthus horizontal plane, when smiling

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